Big Brother (Polish season 1)
Big Brother 1 is the first season of the Polish reality television series Big Brother. The show followed a number of contestants, known as housemates, who are isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time in a custom-built house. Each week, one of the housemates is evicted by a public vote, with the last housemate remaining winning a cash prize.
| Big Brother | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
| Presented by | Martyna Wojciechowska Grzegorz Miecugow |
| No. of days | 107 |
| No. of housemates | 15 |
| Winner | Janusz Dzięcioł |
| Runner-up | Manuela Michalak |
| Country of origin | Poland |
| Release | |
| Original network | TVN |
| Original release | 3 March – 17 June 2001 |
| Season chronology | |
The show was started on March 3, 2001[1] and concluded on June 17, 2001, last 107 days. For the needs of Big Brother, SMS Premium services were introduced for the first time in Poland.[2]
Martyna Wojciechowska and Grzegorz Miecugow host the main show. Janusz Dzięcioł walked out as the winner. The prize for him is 500.000 PLN.[3] The final of the season brought viewership to almost 10 million viewers making it the most-watched TV show in Poland in 2001.[4]
Big Brother: Ty Wybierasz
On 25 February, as part of Big Brother: Ty Wybierasz (lit. Big Brother: You Choose), the public vote was open to choose 2 candidates to enter the house from among 5 male candidates (Artur Parlewicz, Jakub Denys, Sebastian Florek, Wojciech Kromka and Wojciech Tęczyński) and 5 female candidates (Agnieszka Broda, Agnieszka Podgórska, Iwona Górnicka, Małgorzata Maier and Patrycja Strzemiecka). The public chose Małgorzata Maier and Sebastian Florek to enter the house on 3 March.
Patrycja Strzemiecka and Wojciech Kromka entered the house after Piotr Lato was ejected from the house.
| Place | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Małgorzata Maier | Sebastian Florek |
| 2 | Patrycja Strzemiecka | Wojciech Kromka |
| 3 | Agnieszka Broda | Artur Parlewicz |
| 4 | Agnieszka Podgórska | Jakub Denys |
| 5 | Iwona Górnicka | Wojciech Tęczyński |
Housemates
| Name | Age | Residence | Occupation | Day entered | Day exited | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janusz Dzięcioł | 47 | Grudziądz | City Guard commander | 0 | 106 | Winner |
| Manuela Michalak | 26 | Luboń | Trading company manager | 0 | 106 | Runner-up |
| Małgorzata Maier | 34 | Sosnowiec | Unemployed | 0 | 106 | 3rd Place |
| Alicja Walczak | 32 | Gdańsk | Student | 0 | 103 | Evicted |
| Klaudiusz Sevković | 30 | Talfkirchen, Germany | Cook | 0 | 99 | Evicted |
| Piotr Gulczyński | 32 | Poznań | Advertising specialist | 0 | 85 | Evicted |
| Patrycja Strzemiecka | 25 | Świnoujście | Lifeguard | 46 | 78 | Evicted |
| Rafał Chudziński | 23 | Skierniewice | Construction company employee | 61 | 71 | Evicted |
| Karolina Pachniewicz | 20 | Olsztyn | Student | 0 | 58 | Walked |
| Wojciech Kromka | 21 | Warsaw | Student | 46 | 57 | Evicted |
| Grzegorz Mielec | 28 | Zielona Góra | Unemployed | 0 | 57 | Evicted |
| Piotr Lato | 21 | Warsaw | Student | 0 | 46 | Ejected |
| Sebastian Florek | 30 | Dorotowo | Farmer | 0 | 43 | Evicted |
| Monika Sewioło | 23 | Sucha Beskidzka | Unemployed | 0 | 29 | Evicted |
| Anna Baranowska | 37 | Lublin | Photocopying shop owner | 0 | 15 | Evicted |
Nominations Table
| Week 2 | Week 4 | Week 6 | Week 8 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 14 | Week 15 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 104 | Final | ||||||||||
| Janusz | Anna, Manuela | Malgorzata, Piotr G | Piotr G, Sebastian | Karolina, Piotr G | Patrycja, Rafal | Manuela, Patrycja | Manuela, Piotr G | Klaudiusz, Manuela | Alicja, Manuela | Winner (Day 106) | |
| Manuela | Anna, Karolina | Karolina, Sebastian | Grzegorz, Piotr L | Grzegorz, Piotr G | Klaudiusz, Piotr G | Janusz, Patrycja | Klaudiusz, Piotr G | Alicja, Janusz |
Alicja, Janusz | Runner-Up (Day 106) | |
| Malgorzata | Alicja, Piotr L | Karolina, Piotr L | Klaudiusz, Sebastian | Grzegorz, Karolina | Alicja, Rafal | Alicja, Patrycja | Alicja, Piotr G | Alicja, Klaudiusz | Alicja, Janusz | Third place (Day 106) | |
| Alicja | Janusz, Piotr L | Karolina, Monika | Piotr L, Sebastian | Klaudiusz, Malgorzata | Patrycja, Rafal | Małgorzata, Patrycja | Malgorzata, Piotr G | Klaudiusz, Malgorzata | Małgorzata, Manuela | Evicted (Day 103) | |
| Klaudiusz | Anna, Piotr L | Grzegorz, Monika | Janusz, Piotr L | Alicja, Janusz | Janusz, Rafal | Alicja, Janusz | Alicja, Janusz | Alicja, Janusz | Evicted (Day 99) | ||
| Piotr G | Grzegorz, Monika | Grzegorz, Monika | Grzegorz, Janusz | Grzegorz, Janusz | Alicja, Rafal | Alicja, Manuela | Alicja, Manuela | Evicted (Day 85) | |||
| Patrycja | Not In House | Grzegorz, Janusz | Alicja, Rafal | Alicja, Janusz | Evicted (Day 78) | ||||||
| Rafał | Not In House | Malgorzata, Manuela | Evicted (Day 71) | ||||||||
| Karolina | Alicja, Anna | Malgorzata, Piotr L | Janusz, Piotr L | Janusz, Manuela | Walked (Day 58) | ||||||
| Wojciech | Not In House | Grzegorz, Karolina | Evicted (Day 57) | ||||||||
| Grzegorz | Anna, Janusz | Malgorzata, Sebastian | Piotr G, Sebastian | Alicja, Klaudiusz | Evicted (Day 57) | ||||||
| Piotr L | Anna, Sebastian | Malgorzata, Sebastian | Piotr G, Sebastian | Ejected (Day 46) | |||||||
| Sebastian | Alicja, Piotr L | Malgorzata, Monika | Grzegorz, Piotr L | Evicted (Day 43) | |||||||
| Monika | Anna, Piotr G | Alicja, Sebastian | Evicted (Day 29) | ||||||||
| Anna | Karolina, Monika | Evicted (Day 15) | |||||||||
| Notes | none | [lower-alpha 1] | none | ||||||||
| Nominated For Eviction |
Anna, Piotr L | Malgorzata, Monika, Sebastian | Piotr L, Sebastian | Grzegorz, Janusz | Alicja, Rafal | Alicja, Patrycja | Alicja, Piotr G | Alicja, Klaudiusz | Alicja, Janusz, Manuela | Janusz, Malgorzata, Manuela | |
| Małgorzata & Klaudiusz | Patrycja, Wojciech | ||||||||||
| Ejected | none | Piotr L | none | ||||||||
| Walked | none | Karolina | none | ||||||||
| Evicted | Anna | Monika 82.73% to evict | Sebastian 72.96% to evict | Grzegorz 54.03% to evict | Rafal 68.68% to evict | Patrycja 72.70% to evict | Piotr G 56.79% to evict | Klaudiusz 51.14% to evict | Alicja 51% to evict | Małgorzata 5.55% to win | Manuela 27.61% to win |
| Małgorzata & Klaudiusz 86% to stay |
Wojciech 53% to evict | Janusz 66.84% to win | |||||||||
Note
- Patrycja & Wojciech, as new Housemates, are automatically up for eviction in a separate vote to the nominations.
References
- "Jak wyglądały początki Big Brothera w Polsce?" [What were the beginnings of Big Brother in Poland?]. bigbrother.tvn.pl (in Polish). February 27, 2019.
- "Zamknięci w Domu Wielkiego Brata przez 100 dni – reality show od kuchni" [Locked up at Big Brother House for 100 days - reality show from the kitchen]. bigbrother.tvn.pl (in Polish). February 27, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-10-26.
- "Przypominamy finał pierwszej edycji Big Brothera" [We remind you the final of the first Big Brother]. bigbrother.tvn.pl (in Polish). March 11, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-05-27.
- "Big Brother to była prawdziwa telewizyjna rewolucja. Pamiętacie uczestników 1. edycji?" [Big Brother was a real television revolution. Do you remember the participants of the first edition?]. viva.pl (in Polish).